Slide 1: Introduction

Slide 2: Foswiki

• Flexible Access Controls (who can change or view what)
  • Integrates with existing infrastructure (no need for additional accounts, passwords, or groups)
• Revision control (who changed what when)
• Enterprise class (CERN, Cingular, Disney, Morgan Stanley, Motorola, Novell, Texas Instruments, Wind River, Yahoo, ...)
• Open Source
  • Optional paid support and developer time
• Perl based
• Fast
• Secure
• Searchable (topics and attachments)
• Strong user and support community
• Flexible (over 290 published Extensions)

Slide 3: Wiki's at CLASSE

• Internal Computer Group Documentation
• CLASSE Computer Group Web Site
• Internal and External documentation for various projects and groups in CLASSE
• Internal and External collaboration
• Software Inventory and tracking
• Purchase Tracking
• LEPP Computer Group Newsletter
• Away Schedules
• CLASSE Safety Handbook
• CESR Online Documentation
• LEPP Public Website Maintenance

Slide 4: Wiki to manage website

• All benefits of Foswiki mentioned earlier
• Extensive experience within CLASSE
  • Maintenance and Support
  • User community
• Complete control over appearance
• Access controls governing who can edit or publish what
• Revision control recording who made what change when
• Separation of style from content
  • ability to standardize appearance and layout of website
  • ability to generate content independent from style.
  • ability to update appearance and layout without modifying existing content
• No vendor lock-in. Generates standard XHTML pages that can be readily parsed and ported into any new system.

Slide 5: Examples

• https://wiki.classe.cornell.edu/web/bin/view/WWW/LEPP/ (production)